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DevelopmentStatusofGreenMinesinChinaUnderthe#br# CarbonPeakandCarbonNeutralityOpportuniti#br#

YAOYongzhong1,XUXingwei1,MAHongbiao2   

  1. (1.FacultyofArchitecturalEngineering,KunmingMetallurgyCollege,Kunming650033,China;2.YunnanHuajunNewMaterialTechnologyCo.,Ltd.,Kunming650033,China)
  • Online:2026-02-11 Published:2026-06-03

Abstract: Against the strategic backdrop of advancing both the "carbon peak and carbon neutrality" goals and ecological civilization construction, the mining industry as a high-energy-consumption and high-emission sector must undergo a low-carbon transformation that is crucial to achieving the dual carbon targets. This study systematically analyzes the current status and evolutionary context of green mine construction in China, exploring pathways for deep decarbonization of the mining industry. Through policy text analysis and typical case studies, it reviews the development of the green mine standard system and constructs a full-chain carbon footprint accounting model covering the "exploration-mining-processing-restoration" lifecycle using the Life Cycle Assessment (LCA) method. The research innovatively proposes a three-dimensional collaborative technical framework of "resources-energy-carbon sink", integrates new quality productivity elements such as intelligent sorting and digital twins, and designs an integrated transformation model comprising "green mining+clean energy substitution+carbon capture, utilization, and storage". TheResults show that: 1) China has initially established a multi-level green mine policy system, but regional economic development imbalances lead to significant differences in implementation outcomes, restricting the carbon peak process; 2) clean energy substitution (e.g., photovoltaic, green hydrogen) and solid waste recycling can reduce the mine carbon emission intensity by more than 30%, serving as core decarbonization pathways before carbon neutrality; 3) as a key support for deep decarbonization, CCUS technology currently faces bottlenecks of high costs and insufficient large-scale deployment, which need to be overcome through green hydrogen coupling and carbon market linkage mechanisms. Based on these findings, the study suggests improving national standards for carbon footprint accounting, establishing a fiscal-carbon market linkage mechanism for CCUS, and accelerating the deep integration of intelligent technologies with mining scenarios, thereby building a new green mine development paradigm driven by "policy guidance, technology impetus, and market regulation". The research results not only provide technical support and institutional guarantees for China's mining industry to achieve carbon peak and carbon neutrality, but also offer a Chinese solution for the global low-carbon transformation of the mining industry.

Key words: greenmines, CCUS, newqualityproductivity, carbonpeak, carbonneutralit

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